With Windows 7 and Windows Live Movie Maker, it's easier
than ever to create and share your own movies. Windows
Movie Maker has been in every version of Windows since
Me till XP and Vista, but it's not in Windows 7. Now,
it's part of Windows Live Essentials, a free download
that also includes tools for photos, instant messaging,
email, social networking, and more.

Windows Live Essentials 2011
requires the following:

Operating system:
32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7, or
Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and
the Platform Update for Windows Vista,
or Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows
Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 and the
Platform Update for Windows Server 2008.

To change the language, click on
change
button and click on the desired
language.

If you don't want to change the default
language, then click on the Download now
button

A

dialog box will open
asking you if you want to run or save
the setup file or even cancel it

Click on the arrow
beside Save and click on Save As, browse
to your desktop

and click Save

The downloaded file will be located on
your desktop, double click on it to run
it

If you have UAC
enabled, it will ask you if you want to
allow this program to make changes to
your computer, click yes to continue

Windows Live Essentials includes :

Messenger

Photo Gallery

Movie Maker

Mail

Writer

Family Safety

Windows Live Mesh

Messenger Companion

Bing Bar

Outlook Connector
Pack

Microsoft
Silverlight

To install all of these programs,
click on the first option

To install only selected programs, then click on

Click on
Choose the programs you want to install,
unselect any program that you don't
desire to install and then click on
Install

Make sure Photo Gallery
and Movie Maker is selected

The Installation will
start , to view its status, click on

Once installation is
completed, click on Close

To start
Windows Live
Movie Maker
2011, click on Start
then All Programs, and
click on Windows Live Movie
Maker

Enjoy your favorite video editing
application.

Summary

Movie Maker is a free video editing
application that used to be included with every version
of Windows since Windows Me till Windows Vista. However,
With Windows 7,
Windows Live
Movie Maker
2011 is not preinstalled with Windows 7
by default. Its now part of
Windows Live Essentials package. To
install
Windows Live
Movie Maker
2011, you have to download
Windows Live Essentials, and select
Windows Live
Movie Maker.